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2008
Chapter

Innovation and the Evolution of Market Structure for Internet Access in the United States

By: Shane Greenstein

June 2002
Article

The Timing of Bids in Internet Auctions: Market Design, Bidder Behavior, and Artificial Agents

By: Axel Ockenfels and Alvin E. Roth

Keywords: Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Internet and the Web; Markets; Design; Behavior; Internet and the Web

20 Apr 2021
News

10 Things Your Artificial Intelligence Initiative Needs to Succeed

30 Nov 2010
Working Paper Summaries

6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

of the things they think you need to know about the HBS/HKS joint degree. It's a three year, integrated program Taniel: Coming to HBS/HKS was an easy choice when I learned that my experience would not be... View Details

20 Jun 2018
News

How CEOs manage time: 5 things to know

May 2011
Article

Effective Managers Say the Same Thing Twice (or More)

By: Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi

How do effective managers get employees to act promptly? New research suggests that it's by making their requests at least twice. Though you may think redundancy is unnecessary and even a waste of time, a new study indicates that it helps your message cut through... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Management Style; Performance Improvement

31 Oct 2019
Blog Post

5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

lessons from both engineering and business. Upon realizing that I will learn how to build the product, as well as how to launch a venture based on the product, I knew I wanted to be part of the first cohort View Details

October 2018 (Revised July 2019)
Case

Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up

By: Leslie K. John, Mitchell Weiss and Julia Kelley

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By the time Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, began hosting a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session in January 2018, he had only nine months remaining to convince the people... View Details

Educators

01 May 1998
Conference Presentation

Rapid Learning and Adaptation in Product Development: An Empirical Study of the Internet Software Industry

By: Alan MacCormack, M. Iansiti and R Verganti

Keywords: Learning; Product Development; Software; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry

April 2011
Article

Ethical Breakdowns: Good People often Let Bad Things Happen. Why?

By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel

Companies are spending a great deal of time and money to install codes of ethics, ethics training, compliance programs, and in-house watchdogs. If these efforts worked, the money would be well spent. But unethical behavior appears to be on the rise. The authors observe... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Behavior; Conflict of Interests

March 2015 (Revised April 2015)
Case

The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosystems in the Thermostat Industry

By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman

Beth Wozniak, President of Honeywell Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) at Honeywell International Inc., spun around in her office chair, reflecting about how the classic, mature thermostat industry was rapidly evolving. In February 2014, Google paid $3.2... View Details

Educators

2010
Working Paper

Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines

By: Benjamin Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist

In an online experiment, we measure users' interactions with search engines, both in standard configurations and in modified versions with clearer labels identifying search engine advertisements. In particular, for a random subset of users, we change "Sponsored links"... View Details

Keywords: Online Advertising; Interactive Communication; Corporate Disclosure; Labels; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Internet; Search Technology